Bobby Moore voted Britain's greatest ever sporting personality

As part of the 65th anniversary of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, the Radio Times issued a public vote to determine which previous winner of the award should be named the greatest sporting star of all time.

The likes of Lewis Hamilton, Andy Murray, Sirs Steve Redgrave and Chris Hoy were all in the running for the honour, but the world cup winning captain came out on top.

Moore, who lifted the World Cup trophy in 1966, was the resounding favourite, for leading the country to its only ever World Cup triumph. 

Regarded as one of the best defenders to have ever graced the game, football icon Moore died of cancer in 1993 at the age of just 51. His daughter has revealed that the award now takes pride of place at her home.

Roberta Moore said: "It makes me incredibly proud to think that after all this time he is held in such high esteem. It really is very touching and is of huge comfort to all our family.  It really is very touching and of huge comfort to all our family. He was extremely proud and the trophy was in pride of place to reflect that. It was a big accolade for him. So he would be so honoured, so thrilled and so humbled by this."

Second and third place in the voting went to Andy Murray and Lewis Hamilton respectively, while runner Sir Mo Farah came in Sixth.  The three men are the only active athletes in the top 20 winners.

Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Chris Hoy made up the remainder of the top five. 

Other names to feature in the top twenty include; footballers Paul Gascoigne and David Beckham, Rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson, former Cricketer Ian Botham, and Ice skaters Torvill and Dean.